How will judicial cooperation in the European Union develop and which role do national courts and the EU institutions play in this context? To what extent should courts adapt their working methods in order to respond to the effects of globalisation and managerialism on national legal systems? These questions are central in my academic research and teaching.

My research has introduced an independent and innovative approach to the study of the role of public institutions, in particular courts, in a changing legal and societal context. Empirical methods are applied to move beyond insights from classic (comparative) legal research. Furthermore, this research fine-tunes an original constitutional-theoretical underpinning of normative change, developed first in my PhD thesis. My research connects with current academic and societal debates concerning for example the tension between ‘rule of law’ principles and New Public Management and the role of international, European and comparative legal sources in judicial decision-making.

News

It’s conference season!

24 May 2019, Utrecht: conference of the Werkgroep Rechtswetenschap on the content and organisation of academic research and the position of legal scholarship in the Dutch academic landscape [in Dutch]

6 and 7 June 2019, Utrecht and Amsterdam: spring meeting of the Netherlands Association for Philosophy of Law on judicial independence in the interplay of constitutional principles, organised in cooperation with the Montaigne Centre on Rule of Law and Administration of Justice (Utrecht University) and the Amsterdam Centre on the Legal Professions (University of Amsterdam) [in Dutch and English]

Academic experience

June 2016-, Professor of Jurisprudence, Utrecht University / Sept 2018-, Vice-Dean for Education at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance

Jan 2014-May 2016, Professor of Empirical Study of Public Law, in particular of Rule-of-Law Institutions, Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam (chair endowed by the Erasmus Trustfonds) / Director of Erasmus Graduate School of Law (EGSL)